Bottle-cleaning machine.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903.

A. P. GRAMER. BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

I WVEWTOR PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903;"

A. F. ORAMER. BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 N0 MODEL.

WIT ESSE'S Patented August 25, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ANTHONY F. ORAuER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FRITZ GOEBEL, OFDETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE-CLEANING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,355, dated August25, 1903.

Application filed February 24,1903.' Serial No. 144,588. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY F. ORAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of WVayne, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-CleansingMachines; and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thein vent ion such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bottle-cleansing machines, and has for itsObject an improved machine adapted to receive and carry bottles that areto be cleansed through a tank c011- taining a cleansing solution andfrom thence to a rinsing-tank, into which the bottles are automaticallydropped.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation lengthwise themachine. Fig. 2 is a detail showing in perspective a rack ofbottlepockets. Fig. 3 is a detail showing a single bottle in a singlepocket. The pocket is made with longitudinal strips. Fig. 4: is a detailof a link of the sprocket-chain by which the bottle-racks are driven.Fig. 5 is a plan view. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the lock employedto hold the bottles in the pockets. Fig. '7 is a detail plan showing themeans for automatically releasing or removing the look.

A indicates a tank intended to hold the cleansing solution-generally analkali solution.

Bindicates atank intended to hold the rinsing liquid; The tanks aremounted 011 a frame, and across the frame are shafts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Onshaft 1 is a pair of sprocketwheels 11 and 12. On shaft 2 is a pair ofsprocket-wheels 21 and .22. These sprocketwheels dip into the tank A,and the under parts of them are submerged in the solution in the tank toa depth sufficient to fully submerge the bottle-pockets on cross-barsconnecting the sprocket-chains hereinafter mentioned. Across the tank Aand above it is a shaft 4 on frame-pieces 5 and 6, and around the wheels41 and 42 the sprocket-chains are carried and lifted in order that thechains and the receptacle-carrying bars carried by the chains may belifted and carried over the tank-wall h. Across the rinsing-tank extendsa shaft 3, on which are sprocket-wheels 31 and 32, around which thesprocket-chains pass, and thence the sprocket-chains pass over wheels 71and 72 on shaft 7 back to the wheels 11 and 12.

The entire system of chains is driven from any convenient source ofpower belted to wheel 13 on shaft 1. Across from the sprocketchain whichruns on the wheels on one side of the tanks to the sprocket-chain thatruns on the wheels at the opposite side of the tank at intervals extendreceptacle-carrying bars, a detail of one of which is shown in Fig. 2.Each bar 14 is provided with a number of holes and carries a number ofreceptacles or pockets, preferably of metal. The pockets are made toallow free access Of liquid to the interior of them, and for thispurpose their Walls are foraminous, as shown in Fig. 2, or they are madeof strips of metal, as shown in the pocket 5 of Fig. 3. Each pocket isslightly larger than the bottle which is to be cleansed, and the holethrough the bar 14 constitutes the mouth of the pocket. To the bar leisslidingly secured a lock-bar 15, provided with side branches, one branchfor each pocket, and with spaces between consecutive branches, so thatwhen the lock-bar slides to bring the space between the branches toregister with the mouth of the pocket the bottle may be inserted orwithdrawn therefrom.

The 1ock-bar 15 slides under staples 16 and is provided with aprotruding end-17, which engages with a cam on the side of the tank. Thecam 18 at the side of the tank is arranged to slide the lock-bar andcauses the several branches to take positions over the pocketopeningsand assume the position shown in Fig. 2 and at the right of Fig. 6.

The receptacle-carrying bar is arranged on the chain to present thesmall end of the pocket toward the axle of the wheel and to bring thebottle-mouth upward as it passes through the tank A from the wheels onthe shaft 1 to and around the wheels on the shaft 2, during which partof the travel the bottle is retained in the pocket and is submergedunder the cleansing liquid. After the chain passes around the wheelsonthe shaft 2 it iscarried back part way across the tank A, with thebottle-mouth now downward, and the bottles empty and drain into the tankA. They are next carried forward to and around the wheels on the shaft3; but the chain after it passes the tank end 6 passes a cam 19, whichcontacts the lock bar 17 and pushes the branches thereof to open thepockets, and the bottles drop from the pockets into the rinsing-tank B,after which the unloaded chain passes around the wheels on shaft 3 andback over the Wheels on shaft 7 in a condition to receive a fresh loadof bottles, which is inserted at any time during the travel of thechains and bars from the wheels on the shaft 7 to the wheels on shaft 1.

What I claim is 1. In a bottle-cleansing machine, in combination with acarrier and means for actuating the carrier, a bottle-carrying pocket onsaid carrier, a bottle-retainer movable across the mouth of said pocket,at substantially right angles, to the axes thereof, and means foractuating said retainer, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-cleansing machine, in combination with a tank, a carrier,a receptacle for bottles on said carrier, a bottle-retaining 7 mechanismslidably movable across the mouth of said receptacle, and means forautomatic! foraminous receptacle for bottles, a carrier arranged tocarry the receptacle submerged and in an upright position, means forreversing the receptacle and emptying the-bottles contained therein, abottle-retaining device slidably movable across the mouth of saidreceptacle, and means for actuating the retaining device, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANTHONY F. ORAMER.

Witnesses:

NETTIE V. BELLEs, CHARLES F. BURTON.

